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  1. Cabinet clears marriage equality bill without drama as Tempe inquiry hears grave accusations

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    opening remarks at the cabinet meeting, PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis kept it low-key, noting that legislation... in his socially progressive pronouncements. Interior Minister Niki Kerameus’s attempt to broaden

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  2. PM adds minimum wage hike to pre-election promises, with hints of more to come

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    , while some rural districts will lose seats as a result of dwindling population. Three seats will also... across electoral districts. Interior Minister Makis Voridis stated recently that the government intended

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  3. Newsletter 284 - 12/02/2021

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    population had received at least one jab. More than 350,000 people had been vaccinated once, while... million euros to the monthly bill, bringing the total bill to around 2.7 billion euros

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  4. Newsletter 234 -10/01/2020

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    his first tour of Washington as Greek PM. Judging by the public remarks made by Trump before his... fall of 829 million euros, bringing the total figure to 1.10 billion euros. The equivalent figure... of the year showed that the trade deficit increased by 6.2 percent, bringing the total shortfall to 20.15

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  5. PM relies on patchwork of measures to keep Covid at bay as jab uptake flags

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    The government continues to press ahead with a patchwork of measures to enforce or encourage vaccination, as uptake appears to have stalled among a significant section of the population. Parliament passed a controversial amendment on Thursday introducin...

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  6. Newsletter 243 -13/03/2020

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    criticised for allowing these practices to continue and not reacting to claims by priests that it is safe...-on-year (YoY) decline was noted in local governments with a fall of 17 million, bringing the total.... A smaller fall of 2 million euros was seen in social security funds, bringing the total 386 million

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  7. Tsipras opts for modest changes to cabinet rather than renewal
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    officials. The decision to broaden Dragasakis’s role is seen as Tsipras opting to play safe and ensuring... snap elections a month later and bringing the current government to power. In the end, though, Tsipras... of the refugee crisis. Vitsas is seen as a safe pair of hands, especially as he had involvement in migration

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  8. Mitsotakis renews call for Turkey to scrap "casus belli" - opposition unimpressed

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    , bringing our region closer.” While insisting that “renewables are the future,” he nonetheless defended... Nikos Androulakis lambasted Mitsotakis’s insistence on linking Turkey’s SAFE programme... is another mistake,” said the social democrat. “Turkey's participation in the SAFE program

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  9. Newsletter 35 - 17/07/2015

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    of a shadow banking system in the country’s real economy. Money under the mattress, in safe deposit... will continue to hover above Greece until the third bailout has been agreed. Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis

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  10. Greek relief at EU-Turkey refugee deal but heavy lifting lies ahead
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    , starting with the recognition of Turkey as a “safe third country,” which would allow refugees..., which is currently under the auspices of the Interior Ministry, and putting him under someone else’s

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